Staff Mechanical Engineer - Actuation
Description:
- Lead architecture development, detailed design, and analysis of rotary and linear actuators.
- Collaborate with a small cross-disciplinary engineering team to develop robotic hardware solutions.
- Guide junior engineers and help improve their designs.
- Participate in creative brainstorming and concept generation for new mechanisms and systems.
- Conduct engineering analysis to inform design decisions and optimize performance.
- Compare concepts through iterative design, prototyping, assembly, and testing.
- Perform FEA and related analysis to validate and refine designs.
- Create GD&T-informed drawings, bills of materials, and procurement documentation.
- Produce assembly instructions and finalize project documentation.
- Participate in pilot builds, perform DVP&R, and iterate designs for scalability and DFMA.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Mechanical Engineering or a related field.
- 8+ years of experience in actuation and/or robotic systems development or similar.
- Mastery of engineering fundamentals and first-principles thinking.
- High proficiency in CAD tools such as NX, SolidWorks, Creo, or similar.
- Demonstrated hands-on experience prototyping and testing mechanical components.
- Knowledge of kinematics, statics, dynamics, joints/mechanisms, and electromechanical packaging optimization.
- Exceptional attention to detail.
- Strong teamwork, collaboration, written communication, and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to multitask and manage conflicting deadlines in a dynamic startup environment.
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